Mejillones del Sur Chile

Crew Issues

Depending of crew nationality, they may need escorts for embarking or disembarking passengers in Chile. If they hold chilean visa, no escorts are needed. This must be checked in every case, due some other nationalities does not require chilean visa nor escort.It is possible to perform crew changes here. All crew leaving the vessel must be checked by immigration and custom officers in port. No vegetables, fruits and wood are allowed ashore.No restrictions on shore leaveThere is no mission in portIn Antofagasta there are no embassies. You can find them in Santiago.

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In the wake of COVID-19 have the BIMCO secretariat recieved a number of reports and circulars with imposed restrictions intended to keep the virus at bay. These restrictions have proven to disturb crew mobility. In this page, we'll guide our members on the ship/shore interface restriction regimes BIMCO is aware of

The heads of the maritime, labour and aviation organizations of the United Nations have issued a plea for urgent action on crew changes and for keyworker designation to pave the way for sea and air workers to be relieved and repatriated safely during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has sent a recommended framework of protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changes and travel during the COVID-19 pandemic to all IMO member-states, the UN and other stakeholders.